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Expand Up @@ -15,8 +15,17 @@ An Initial Rights Offering from [http://democracy.earth Democracy Earth Foundati

==Abstract.==

The lack of contemporaneous political systems able to address citizens’ needs without corrupted mechanisms requires to build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. On this paper we propose how to organize society and eradicate the corruption of traditional governments by connecting public resources to a democratic system using smart contracts. As humanity approaches Earth’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrying_capacity carrying capacity] with an expected population of 10 billion by 2100 we see indispensable the creation of a blockchain based organization for planetary governance that can guarantee preservation of life and natural resources in an age where [https://www.amazon.com/Homo-Deus-Brief-History-Tomorrow/dp/0062464310 intelligence is breaking apart from organisms]. We detail how to build a blockchain based democracy on a networked commons enforceable with encryption and we offer a path to fund this decentralized government with a rights offering mechanism (analogous to Initial Coin Offerings) that will use its assets to strengthen the political role of the internet across all jurisdictions.
In an age of climate change and artificial intelligence, at a time when most people will be connected to the new global jurisdiction that is the Internet,In a world that has succeeded in the globalization of financial assets while keeping political rights enclosed to limited territories, we need to build new models of governance: new ways to deliberate, discuss and vote on pressing issues that are safe, regular and truly democratic, new ways able to involve and engage all human beings.

Democracy Earth Foundation, a non-profit organization started in Argentina and now based in the United State, is building free, open source software for incorruptible, blockchain-based identity, voting and governance—governance that can happen within institutions of all sizes, from the most local involving two people to the most global involving all of us.

Uneven distribution of opportunity around the globe due to the perpetual confrontation between national governments led to the rise of these issues in the global agenda. We believe the technology stack that includes Bitcoin as programmable money without Central Banks and Ethereum enabling smart contracts without the need of Judiciary Courts requires a third layer that signals incorruptible votes beyond the boundaries of Nation-States.

This transnational network will act in accordance to the personal sovereignty of its members and protect their human rights with encryption.

In our Initial Rights Offering, Democracy Earth Foundation will offer our token, called VOTE, that will grant participation rights to every human, with voting as its main function.

We seek nothing less than true democratic governance for the Internet age, one of the foundational building blocks that will change what it means to be human on planet Earth.

==1. Introduction.==

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